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Cut
·noun A skein of yarn.
II. Cut ·adj Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
III. Cut ·vi To interfere, as a hor...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cut
Drunk. A little cut over the head; slightly intoxicated. To cut; to leave a person or company. To cu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cut
1) A quantity of yarn, twelve of which make what is called a hank or skein. Common in England and Am...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut
A narrow boat channel; a canal.
♦ To cut, to renounce acquaintance with any one.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Rose
·- imp. of Rise.
II. Rose ·vt To perfume, as with roses.
III. Rose ·Impf of <<Rise>>.
IV. Rose ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rose
Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria. The famed rose of Damascus is white, but ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Rose
1) On the boundary of St. Katherine Creechurch parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 64).
Not otherwise ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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rose
Under the rose: privately or secretly. The rose was, it is said, sacred to Harpocrates, the God of s...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rose
n.
name given to the Australian shrub, Boronia serrulata, Sm., N.O. Rutaceae. It hasbright green le...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rose
, or strainer.
A plate of copper or lead perforated with small holes, placed on the heel of a pump...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Rose
occurs twice only, viz. in (Song of Solomon 2:1; Isaiah 35:1) There is much difference of opinion as...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Clean-cut
·adj ·see Clear-cut.
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Clear-cut
·adj Concisely and distinctly expressed.
II. Clear-cut ·adj Having a sharp, distinct outline, like ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cut-off
·noun That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
II. Cut-off ·noun Any device fo...
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Cut-out
·noun A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.
II. Cut-out ·noun A species of swit...
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Draw-cut
·noun A single cut with a knife.
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Sharp-cut
·adj Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to cut bene
To speak gently. To cut bene whiddes; to give good words. To cut queer whiddes; to give foul languag...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cut out
v.
1) To separate cattle from therest of the herd in the open.
1873. Marcus Clarke, `Holiday Peak,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cut didoes
Synonymous with to cut capers, i. e. to be frolicksome.
Who ever heerd them Italian singers recitin...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut dirt
To run; to go fast. A vulgar expression, probably derived from the quick motion of a horse or carria...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut out
To supersede one in the affections of another. A familiar expression in common use: "Miss A was enga...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut short
To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption,--Johnson.
The judge cut off the counsel very shor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut under
To undersell in price.--New York.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut up
1) To criticise with severity; as, he was severely cut up in the newspapers.
Some correspondent ask...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut-grass
(Leersia oryzoides.) The common name of a species of grass, with leaves exceedingly rough backward, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut-off
Passages cut by the great Western rivers, particularly the Mississippi, affording new channels, and ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed end to end.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cut off
A term used to denote a vessel's being seized by stratagem by the natives, and the crew being murder...
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cut-water
The foremost part of a vessel's prow, or the sharp part of the knee of a ship's head below the beak....
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diamond-cut
See rhombus.
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Cop-rose
·noun The red, or corn, poppy.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-rose
·noun Red poppy. ·see Cop-rose.
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Dog-rose
·noun A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
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Gelder-rose
·noun ·same·as Guelder-rose.
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Gy-rose
·adj Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.
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Memorial rose
·add. ·- A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creeping branches, shining leaves, and si...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Provence rose
·- The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).
II. Provence rose ·- A name of many kinds of roses which are...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rose water
·- Water tinctured with roses by distillation.
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Rose-colored
·adj Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
II. Rose-colored ·adj Un...
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Rose-pink
·adj Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental.
II. Rose-pink ·adj Having...
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Rose-red
·adj Red as a rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color.
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Rose-rial
·noun A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different va...
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Rose-water
·adj Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.
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Red Rose
See Rose, Manor of.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Le Rose Aleye
An Alley called" le Rose Aleye " near the graveyard of the Charter house, 22 Ed. IV. (Anc. Deeds, B....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Alley
1) East out of Bishopsgate, at No.178, to New Street (P.O. Directory) In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Court
1) In Jewin Street (Strype, ed. 1755-L. Guide, 1758).
Not named in the maps.
2) Out of Addle Hill,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Inn
1) In Fleet Street, belonging to the Monastery of Rochester (Dugdale, I.).
No later mention.
2) Ne...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Street
South out of Newgate Street, at No.20, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Wi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Tavern
On the west side of Chancery Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Site rebuilt for offi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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rose-apple
n.
another name for the SweetPlum. See under plum.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rose-bush
a timber-tree, Eupomatia laurina,R. Br., N.O. Anonaceae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rose-hill
n.
The name is given by Gould asapplied to two Parrakeets:
1) Platycercus eximius, Vig. and Hors.,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rose, native
n.
i.q. bauera (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cop-rose
papaver rhaeas : called also head work. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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rose-lashing
This lashing is middled, and passed opposite ways; when finished, the ends appear as if coiled round...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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to cut a caper
(Italian, tagliar le capriole.) The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner.--Todd. We use it also in...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut a dash
In modern colloquial speech, to make a great show; to make a figure.--Johnson. A fashionable or gail...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut a figure
To make an appearance, either good or bad.
We are not as much surprised at the poor figure cut by t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut a swathe
The same as to cut a dash.
The expression is generally applied to a person walking who is gaily dre...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut one's stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut out of
To cheat, deprive of.
Having been cut out of my speech in Congress, by the "previous question."--Cr...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut up shines
To cut capers, play tricks.
A wild bull of the prairies was cutting up shines at no great distance,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut and dried
Ready made.
I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut and thrust
To give point with a sword after striking a slash.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cut out, to
To attack and carry a vessel by a boat force; one of the most dashing and desperate services practis...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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grain-cut timber
That which is cut athwart the grain when the grain of the wood does not partake of the shape require...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ship cut down
One which has had a deck cut off from her, whereby a three-decker is converted into a two-decker, an...
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Rose, William Stewart
(1775-1843)
Poet and translator, s. of George R., who held various Government offices, including th...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Coleridge, Christabel Rose
(b. 1843)
Novelist. Lady Betty (1869), The Face of Carlyon (1875), An English Squire (1881), A Near...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Rose, John Holland
Litt.D.
(1855)
Historical and biographical writer. A Century of Continental History, The Revolutio...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Red Rose Alley
East out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Elmes, 1831).
"Red Ro...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Rose Court
See Red Rose Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Redo Rose Lane
See Pudding Lane, Eastcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Rose, Manor of
On the west side of Laurence Pountney Hill, extending to 8uffolk Lane. In Dowgate Ward (S. 239). Par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Alley, Bishopsgate
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Court, Aldermanbury
See Hadley's Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Court, Bishopsgate
See Rose Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Rose Court
South out of Widegate Street to Middlesex Street (L.C.C. List, 1912).
First mention: Lockie, 1810.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Rose Place
East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype ,ed. 1720-O.S.1880).
Former name...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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the cut of his jib
The form of his profile, the cast of his countenance; as, "I knew him by the cut of his jib." A naut...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut and come again
An expression in vulgar language, implying that having cut as much as you pleased, you may come agai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut and run, to
To cut the cable for an escape. Also, to move off quickly; to quit occupation; to be gone.
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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away.
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cut of the jib
A phrase for the aspect of a vessel, or person.
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cut the cable, to
A manœuvre sometimes necessary for making a ship cast the right way, or when the anchor cannot be we...
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feather, to cut a
When a ship has so sharp a bow that she makes the spray feather in cleaving it.
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Rose Alley, Newgate Market
See Rose Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Alley, Widegate Street
See White Rose Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose and Crown Alley
1) See Rose and Crown Court, St. Katherine's Lane.
2) South out of Fleet Street, at No.62, to the T...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose and Crown Court
1) East out of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site now covered by Blewit...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose and Rainbow Court
East out of Aldersgate Street in Aldersgate Ward Without, south of Maidenhead Court (Elmes, 1831).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Court, Tower Hill
West out of Tower Hill, south of Muscovy Court (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Seems to have been rebu...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Court, Tower Street
South out of Great Tower Street at No. 41. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: O. and...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Alley, Duke's Place, Aldgate
See Mitre Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose and Crown Court, Houndsditch
West out of Houndsditch, adjoining the old line of the Wall of London. 'In Portsoken Ward (O. and M....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Tavern, Gt. Tower Street
See Rose Court, Tower Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Rose Alley, Whitecross Street
Mentioned in L.C.C. List, 1901.
See White Rose Place.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Rose Court, Coleman Street
See Masons' Avenue.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose and Ball Court. Addle Hill
See Rose Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose and Crown Court, St. Katherine's Lane
East out of St. Katherine's Lane, nearly opposite Flemings' Church Yard (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hard up in a clinch, and no knife to cut the seizing
Overtaken by misfortune, and no means of evading it.
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